Tom Kenny, the actor who voices SpongeBob SquarePants, revealed that the animated character is autistic. Kenny, 62, recently spoke at the 2024 Motor City Comic Con in Detroit and told fans about a ...

Tom Kenny poses in the IMDboat Exclusive Portrait Studio at San Diego Comic-Con 2024 at The IMDb Yacht on July 26, 2024 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for IMDb ...

In an exclusive interview with TODAY.com, "SpongeBob" voice actor Tom Kenny recalls the experience of commentating during Nickelodeon's broadcast for the 2024 Super Bowl.

Actor Tom Kenny recently shared that SpongeBob SquarePants — a character he's voiced since the Nickelodeon show began in 1999—is autistic and "kind of on the spectrum" as a character.

"SpongeBob SquarePants" actor Tom Kenny attends the 2017 Princess Grace Awards gala kick off event at Paramount Pictures on October 24, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason LaVeris ...

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Tom Kenny: I know there are tales of the original tapes existing, which I cannot confirm. I've never heard them. Maybe they were erased on that day; maybe they're buried 500 miles at the earth's core.